Lance of Longinus

The Lance of Loginus or Spear of Loginus depending on your translation, was a very important part of initiating the 3rd Impact.

It also was capable of breaking though Absolute Terror Fields which led some people to believe that that Lance possess a soul. This is because generally only souls produce AT Fields and AT Fields can only be penetrated by Anti-AT Fields or other A. T. Fields.

There is an alternate theory which suggests that the Lance may in fact contain an S² Engine which would account for both its ability to pierce AT Fields and for its requirement for use with Lilith to initiate Instrumentality.

Update 19/04/01

"A giant spiral-shaped lance which is capable of piercing even an A. T. Field. The tip of the Lance is split into two branches, but when thrown these two branches converge into one and penetrate the object. The Lance was first used in the battle against the 15th Angel. It destroyed the Angel in a satellite orbit, but the Lance then continued on to reach the Moon and became irretrievable. However, it appears that the original use of the Lance is not as a weapon, but that it is a necessary item for Instrumentality (Complementation) using Lilith. Incidentally, Longinus was the name of the soldier who used his lance to pierce Jesus as He was crucified on the cross. This Lance is stored as a relic in the Cathedral of St. Augustine in Rome."

Longinus, also known as Gaius Cassuis, was a blindcenturion who plunged his lance into the side of the crucifiedChrist. Some drops of blood from Christ's wound found their way into Longius' eyes, whereupon he was miraculously cured of his blindness.

Unsurprisingly, the Lance became the subject of many myths and legends, and has been attributed with great power. Specifically, it is said that whoever possesses the Lance will rule the world, but losing the Lance will result in instant death. Suggested former owners of the Lance include Constantine, Justinian, the Merovingian kings, Charlemagne, various Saxon kings, and the enigmaticHabsburgs of Austria.

Modern history of the Lance

Whatever the truth of the above, it is a fact that the Habsburg's treasury at the Hofmuseum in Vienna, Austria, housed a relic known as the Lance of Longinus, and in 1909 a young Adolf Hitler went to view it. He was later to confide to an aquaintance that the first time he saw the Lance, he witnessed "extraordinaryvisions" of his own destiny unfolding before him.

In 1938, Hitler finally obtained the Lance from the Hofmuseum. It has been said that it was his most prized possession.

On April 30 1945, advancing American troops discovered numerous relics and occult objects in a tunnel beneath Nuremberg. Among them was the Lance. At almost exactly the same time, Hitler committed suicide.

Under the Direct orders of General Eisenhower, the Lance, along with the rest of the Habsburg regalia, was returned to the Hofmuseum, where it resides to this day.

All that remains of the Lance is the damaged metal head: the only picture I could find of it shows it broken into three pieces. It was formerly held together with gold, silver and bronze threads. Bound to the head is a nail, allegedly one of those used in the crucifiction of Christ.

The photo of the Lance of Longinus is at http://www.chasque.apc.org/lvx/spear.jpg

UPDATE July 16, 2002
The URL above, which I believe was in some way associated with the Hofmuseum, is not currently available. The only version of the photo that I've been able to find is at http://camelot.celtic-twilight.com/infopedia/l/lance_of_longinus.htm, a site which features a rather dubious (IMO) analysis of Arthurian Legend. At least it's still available online though.

Sources:
The story of the Lance of Longinus has been popularized in two books by Trevor Ravenscroft:

The Spear of Destiny (1987) and

The Mark of the Beast (1997)

Unfortunately, almost all sources on the internet draw their 'facts' either directly from these books, or from entirely uncreditedsources. The only truly analytical and critical material that I have been able to find is itself inconclusive: